Definition

• Bancroft, in Native Races of the Pacific States of North Ameri- ca, 1875 (ii. 381-382), states that among the ancient Mexicans this name was used for " small pieces of cotton cloth used as money in the purchase of articles of im- mediate necessity or of little value.".

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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